<?php
//form element
class EntStudio_Form_Element_Separator extends Zend_Form_Element_Xhtml {

  public $helper = 'FormSeparator';

  public function init() {
    $this->removeDecorator("HtmlTag");
    $this->removeDecorator("Label");
    $this->removeDecorator("Description");
    $this->setDecorators(array(
      array('ViewHelper'),
    ));
  }

}

//helper class
class EntStudio_View_Helper_FormSeparator {

  public function FormSeparator($name, $value = null, $attribs = null) {

    $sClass = "clear";
    $sClass .= ! empty($attribs["class"]) ? " " . $this->escape($attribs["class"]): "";

    $xhtml = "<div class='" . $sClass . "'></div>";

    return $xhtml;
  }

}

/**
to use:
$this->addElement("separator", "sep1", array(
      "ignore" => true
    ));

this creates:
<div class="clear"></div>
//makesure to add your own class .clear { clear:both; }
**/